Disputes and judgments

Apple Federal Credit Union and Envision CU are the latest to be targeted in a growing trend as plaintiffs go after credit unions alleging deceptive overdraft practices.

More than 100 staffers at the Allentown, Pa.-based credit union took to the picket lines in a dispute with management over compensation and benefits, forcing the credit union to temporarily close at least two branches.

Within its complaint, a Long Island housing group claimed the CU violated state laws against discrimination, as well as the federal Fair Housing Act.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved a record $30 million whistleblower award, the result of information that helped the agency sanction JPMorgan Chase for failing to properly inform some wealthy clients about conflicts of interest behind its investment recommendations.

Two Native American tribes agreed to forfeit $3 million in money they took in for acting as fronts for a scam run by Scott Tucker, the former race-car driver convicted of operating an illegal payday loan business.

The class-action suit filed on behalf of people who lost money in the scam accuses Bank of America of failing to spot suspicious activity, including deposits of hundreds of thousands of dollars into accounts with small or negative balances.

The company's brokerage unit agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle claims that employees persuaded clients to sell certain investments before maturity in order to collect higher fees.

The agency has provided new information about changes large and midsize banks are making in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal, but Senate Democrats continue to press for more details.

The settlement applies to customers who had accounts opened without their consent over a 15-year period beginning in May 2002.

Wells Fargo customers who didn't consent to having 3.5 million accounts created by bankers trying to hit sales quotas are finally getting what a judge called "rough justice."